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Living in Paris, it is only normal that I should have my own favorite places to go. That said, these places are by no means the best, the highest quality, or the most appropriate for just anybody. Still, based on friends and visitors that have been around the city with me, I have a pretty good idea of what will please and what won't, depending on who you are. Don't forget that I've been a student for the past 5 years!So for 2015, so far, not much has changed:

Mmm Pink Flamingo Pizza...

RestaurantTOP PICK Caillebotte currently for their amazingly affordable and perfect lunch menu.Runners up1. Septime because they made me a special dessert when I said I couldn't eat melon...2. LeCambodge for bo bun, great Cambodian food3. Le Refuge des Fondues for ridiculous cheese fondue and wine in baby bottles -- not for the fussy.4. Pink Flamingo for it's Basquiat pizza with dried figs and Gorgonzola5. L'As du Fallafel for, what else, Lenny Kravitz-approved fallafelBars and DrinkingTOP PICK 25 Est for the sun-drenched terrace overlooking the canal in the summerRunners up1. Chez Prune because the cheese plates help soak up all of the wine you end up drinking

2. La Perle even if I am not trendy enough

3. Banana Cafe because I love Josephine Baker decor

4. Les Philosophes because good people watching over a glass of red is priceless

5. Relais d'Odeon because I have to go to the Left Bank sometimes

Garden/Park

TOP PICK: Park Buttes Chaumont

You think you're too cool for it, but look howhappy they all are...

Runners up

1. Places des Vosges

2. Jardin des Tuileries

3. Jardin du Luxembourg

4. Jardins du Palais Royal

5. Promenade Plantee

Major Monument

TOP PICK: Hotel des Invalides

Runners up

1. Sacre Coeur

2. Notre Dame

3. Grand Palais

4. Hotel de Ville

5. Eiffel Tower

Misc. Tourist Attraction

TOP PICK: The Catacombes

Runners up

1. Pere Lachaise Cemetery

2. Visit of the Opera Garnier

3. Escalators up the Galeries Lafayettes

4. Flea Markets at Clignancourt

5. Arenes de Lutece -- Roman amphitheater
Event/Item that Would Annoy me in America that I Appreciate Here

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About Me

An educator at the Sorbonne finishing my PhD, I've made my rounds in Paris. As a journalist, pizza delivery boy, a tour guide, a short order cook, a barista, a travel video host, an online community manager, and an education administrator, I haven't done it all yet, but things have been busy since moving here in 2008. Next step, French citizenship and then who knows?